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Research Anthology on Fake News, Political Warfare, and Combatting the Spread of Misinformation (Hardcover): Information... Research Anthology on Fake News, Political Warfare, and Combatting the Spread of Misinformation (Hardcover)
Information Resources Management Association
R9,262 Discovery Miles 92 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

There has been a noticeable shift in the way the news is accessed and consumed, and most importantly, the rise of fake news has become a common occurrence in the media. With news becoming more accessible as technology advances, fake news can spread rapidly and successfully through social media, television, websites, and other online sources, as well as through the traditional types of newscasting. The spread of misinformation when left unchecked can turn fiction into fact and result in a mass misconception of the truth that shapes opinions, creates false narratives, and impacts multiple facets of society in potentially detrimental ways. With the rise of fake news comes the need for research on the ways to alleviate the effects and prevent the spread of misinformation. These tools, technologies, and theories for identifying and mitigating the effects of fake news are a current research topic that is essential for maintaining the integrity of the media and providing those who consume it with accurate, fact-based information. The Research Anthology on Fake News, Political Warfare, and Combatting the Spread of Misinformation contains hand-selected, previously published research that informs its audience with an advanced understanding of fake news, how it spreads, its negative effects, and the current solutions being investigated. The chapters within also contain a focus on the use of alternative facts for pushing political agendas and as a way of conducting political warfare. While highlighting topics such as the basics of fake news, media literacy, the implications of misinformation in political warfare, detection methods, and both technological and human automated solutions, this book is ideally intended for practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the current surge of fake news, the means of reducing its effects, and how to improve the future outlook.

Utopia (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover): Thomas More Utopia (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Thomas More
R909 Discovery Miles 9 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Asynchronous Exchange - The End of Capitalism (Hardcover): Anders Baerbock Asynchronous Exchange - The End of Capitalism (Hardcover)
Anders Baerbock
R1,478 Discovery Miles 14 780 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Propaganda 2.1 (Hardcover): Peter K Fallon Propaganda 2.1 (Hardcover)
Peter K Fallon
R914 R788 Discovery Miles 7 880 Save R126 (14%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Use of History in Putin's Russia (Hardcover): James C. Pearce The Use of History in Putin's Russia (Hardcover)
James C. Pearce
R1,717 Discovery Miles 17 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Rise of International Parliaments - Strategic Legitimation in International Organizations (Hardcover): Frank... The Rise of International Parliaments - Strategic Legitimation in International Organizations (Hardcover)
Frank Schimmelfennig, Thomas Winzen, Tobias Lenz, Jofre Rocabert, Loriana Crasnic, …
R3,722 Discovery Miles 37 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

International parliaments are on the rise. An increasing number of international organizations establishes 'international parliamentary institutions' or IPIs, which bring together members of national parliaments or - in rare cases - elected representatives of member state citizens. Yet, IPIs have generally remained powerless institutions with at best a consultative role in the decision-making process of international organizations. Why do the member states of international organizations create IPIs but do not vest them with relevant institutional powers? This study argues that neither the functional benefits of delegation nor the internalization of democratic norms answer this question convincingly. Rather, IPIs are best understood as an instrument of strategic legitimation. By establishing institutions that mimic national parliaments, governments seek to ensure that audiences at home and in the wider international environment recognize their international organizations as democratically legitimate. At the same time, they seek to avoid being effectively constrained by IPIs in international governance. The Rise of International Parliaments provides a systematic study of the establishment and empowerment of IPIs based on a novel dataset. In a statistical analysis covering the world's most relevant international organizations and a series of case studies from all major world regions, we find two varieties of international parliamentarization. International organizations with general purpose and high authority create and empower IPIs to legitimate their region-building projects domestically. Alternatively, the establishment of IPIs is induced by the international diffusion of democratic norms and prominent templates, above all that of the European Parliament. Transformations in Governance is a major academic book series from Oxford University Press. It is designed to accommodate the impressive growth of research in comparative politics, international relations, public policy, federalism, and environmental and urban studies concerned with the dispersion of authority from central states to supranational institutions, subnational governments, and public-private networks. It brings together work that advances our understanding of the organization, causes, and consequences of multilevel and complex governance. The series is selective, containing annually a small number of books of exceptionally high quality by leading and emerging scholars. The series is edited by Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Walter Mattli of the University of Oxford.

Leaders without Partisans - Dealignment, Media Change, and the Personalization of Politics (Hardcover): Diego Garzia, Frederico... Leaders without Partisans - Dealignment, Media Change, and the Personalization of Politics (Hardcover)
Diego Garzia, Frederico Ferreira de Silva, Andrea De Angelis
R2,305 Discovery Miles 23 050 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Leaders without Partisans examines the changing impact of party leader evaluations on voters' behavior in parliamentary elections. The decline of traditional social cleavages, the pervasive mediatization of the political scene, and the media's growing tendency to portray politics in "personalistic" terms all led to the hypothesis that leaders matter more for the way individuals vote and, often, the way elections turn out. This study offers the most comprehensive longitudinal assessment of this hypothesis so far. The authors develop a composite theoretical framework - based on currently disconnected strands of research from party, media, and electoral studies - and test it empirically on the most encompassing set of national election study datasets ever assembled. The labor-intensive harmonization effort produces an unprecedented dataset pooling information for a total of 129 parliamentary elections conducted between 1961 and 2018 in 14 West European countries. The book provides evidence of the longitudinal growth in leader effects on vote choice and on turnout. The process of partisan dealignment and changes in the structure of mass communication in Western societies are identified as the main drivers of personalization in voting behavior.

Calvin's Crusaders in the Wars That Made America (Hardcover): David T. Fisher Calvin's Crusaders in the Wars That Made America (Hardcover)
David T. Fisher
R1,536 R1,279 Discovery Miles 12 790 Save R257 (17%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Revisioning Stalin and Stalinism - Complexities, Contradictions, and Controversies (Hardcover): James Ryan, Susan Grant Revisioning Stalin and Stalinism - Complexities, Contradictions, and Controversies (Hardcover)
James Ryan, Susan Grant
R3,669 Discovery Miles 36 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This thought-provoking collection of essays analyses the complex, multi-faceted, and even contradictory nature of Stalinism and its representations. Stalinism was an extraordinarily repressive and violent political model, and yet it was led by ideologues committed to a vision of socialism and international harmony. The essays in this volume stress the complex, multi-faceted, and often contradictory nature of Stalin, Stalinism, and Stalinist-style leadership, and. explore the complex picture that emerges. Broadly speaking, three important areas of debate are examined, united by a focus on political leadership: * The key controversies surrounding Stalin's leadership role * A reconsideration of Stalin and the Cold War * New perspectives on the cult of personality Revisioning Stalin and Stalinism is a crucial volume for all students and scholars of Stalin's Russia and Cold War Europe.

One Hand Tied Behind Us - Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement (Hardcover, Revised edition): Jill Liddington, Jill Norris One Hand Tied Behind Us - Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement (Hardcover, Revised edition)
Jill Liddington, Jill Norris
R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

At factory gates and cottage doors, co-operative guilds and trade union branches, the radical suffragists of turn-of-the-century Britain took their message to women at the grassroots level in order to advance demands for equal pay, educational opportunities, better birth control, child allowances, and the right to work. Their strength lay in their democratic approach: opposed to violence, they felt that the vote was the key to wider rights for women.

One Hand Tied Behind Us draws from a wealth of unpublished material, local newspaper accounts. diaries, handwritten minute books, forgotten biographies, and interviews. It creates a vivid and moving portrait of the women who, almost 100 years ago, envisaged freedoms that are not secure even today. Widely acclaimed, it has become a suffrage classic, and to mark its twenty-first anniversary, Rivers Oram presents this revised edition with a new introduction by Jill Liddington.

Nationalism (Hardcover): Rabindranath Tagore Nationalism (Hardcover)
Rabindranath Tagore
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Church Speaks to the Modern World - The Social Teachings of Leo XIII (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Etienne Gilson The Church Speaks to the Modern World - The Social Teachings of Leo XIII (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Etienne Gilson; Foreword by Thomas Storck
R840 Discovery Miles 8 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2 (Hardcover): Alena Ledeneva The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Alena Ledeneva
R1,596 Discovery Miles 15 960 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
English Uprising - Brexit and the Mainstreaming of the Far-Right (Hardcover): Paul Stocker English Uprising - Brexit and the Mainstreaming of the Far-Right (Hardcover)
Paul Stocker 1
R432 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R36 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Online Advertising Tax as the Foundation of a Public Service Internet - A CAMRI Extended Policy Report (Paperback):... The Online Advertising Tax as the Foundation of a Public Service Internet - A CAMRI Extended Policy Report (Paperback)
Christian Fuchs
R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Edge of the Abyss - The Usefulness of Antichrist Terminology in the Era of Donald Trump (Hardcover): Robert Isaac Skidmore Edge of the Abyss - The Usefulness of Antichrist Terminology in the Era of Donald Trump (Hardcover)
Robert Isaac Skidmore
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Who Will Be the Next President? - A Guide to the U.S. Presidential Election System (Hardcover): Alexander S. Belenky Who Will Be the Next President? - A Guide to the U.S. Presidential Election System (Hardcover)
Alexander S. Belenky
R1,294 Discovery Miles 12 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
All Together Now - The Progressive Alliance and the 2017 General Election Campaign (Paperback): Barry Langford All Together Now - The Progressive Alliance and the 2017 General Election Campaign (Paperback)
Barry Langford 1
R382 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R43 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the crucible of the 2017 general election, a small group of progressive activists set about trying to change British political life for the better. Armed with the conviction that the old politics was irretrievably broken, the progressive alliance set itself the task of breaching the walls of Britain's tribal political culture. Over the seven weeks of the campaign, even as the struggle between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn built up to a stunning and utterly unexpected climax, the progressive alliance fought its own battle. Its aim was to bridge divides, start conversations and forge alliances on the ground between progressives - socialists, social democrats, liberals, Greens, Welsh and Scottish nationalists - working together against their common foe instead of competing self-destructively against one another. Based on first-hand testimony, All Together Now tells the dramatic story of how the progressive alliance helped shape the story of the 2017 election - and why its aims, its methods and above all its values will shape the future of 21st century politics.

The Four Great Evils of The Day (Hardcover): Henry Edward The Four Great Evils of The Day (Hardcover)
Henry Edward
R771 Discovery Miles 7 710 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Research Anthology on Social Media's Influence on Government, Politics, and Social Movements (Hardcover): Information... Research Anthology on Social Media's Influence on Government, Politics, and Social Movements (Hardcover)
Information Resources Management Association
R9,426 Discovery Miles 94 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Vida y Hacienda - The Life and Legacy of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos (Hardcover): Andre Lee Muniz Vida y Hacienda - The Life and Legacy of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos (Hardcover)
Andre Lee Muniz
R799 R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Save R97 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Fair Game - How a Top Spy Was Betrayed by Her Own Government (Paperback): Valerie Plame Wilson Fair Game - How a Top Spy Was Betrayed by Her Own Government (Paperback)
Valerie Plame Wilson; Afterword by Laura Rozen
R499 R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Save R27 (5%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

On July 6, 2003, four months after the United States invaded Iraq, former ambassador Joseph Wilson's now historic op-ed, "What I Didn't Find in Africa," appeared in "The New York Times." A week later, conservative pundit Robert Novak revealed in his newspaper column that Ambassador Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, was a CIA operative. The public disclosure of that secret information spurred a federal investigation and led to the trial and conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, and the Wilsons' civil suit against top officials of the Bush administration. Much has been written about the "Valerie Plame" story, but Valerie herself has been silent, until now. Some of what has been reported about her has been frighteningly accurate, serving as a pungent reminder to the Wilsons that their lives are no longer private. And some has been completely false -- distorted characterizations of Valerie and her husband and their shared integrity.

Valerie Wilson retired from the CIA in January 2006, and now, not only as a citizen but as a wife and mother, the daughter of an Air Force colonel, and the sister of a U.S. marine, she sets the record straight, providing an extraordinary account of her training and experiences, and answers many questions that have been asked about her covert status, her responsibilities, and her life. As readers will see, the CIA still deems much of the detail of Valerie's story to be classified. As a service to readers, an afterword by national security reporter Laura Rozen provides a context for Valerie's own story.

"Fair Game" is the historic and unvarnished account of the personal and international consequences of speaking truth to power.

Ministers, Minders and Mandarins - An International Study of Relationships at the Executive Summit of Parliamentary Democracies... Ministers, Minders and Mandarins - An International Study of Relationships at the Executive Summit of Parliamentary Democracies (Hardcover)
Richard Shaw, Chris Eichbaum
R3,688 Discovery Miles 36 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ministers, Minders and Mandarins brings together the leading academics in this specialty to rigorously assess the impact and consequences of political advisers in parliamentary democracies. The ten contemporary and original case studies focus on issues of tension, trust and tradition, and are written in an accessible and engaging style. Using new empirical findings and theory from a range of public policy canons, the authors analyze advisers' functions, their differing levels of accountability and issues of diversity between governments. Cases include research on the tensions in the UK, the possible unease in Swedish government offices and the role of trust in Greece. Established operations in Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand are compared to relative latecomers to advisory roles, such as Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. A key comparative work in the field, this book encourages further research into the varied roles of political advisers. Offering an excellent introduction to the complex role political advisers play, this book will be of great interest to upper undergraduate and postgraduate students studying political science and policy administration, as well as researchers and scholars in public policy. Contributors include: A. Blick, P.M. Christiansen, B. Connaughton J. Craft, C. Eichbaum, T. Gouglas, H. Houlberg Salomonsen, T. Hustedt, M. Maley, P. Munk Christiansen, B. Niklasson, P. Ohberg, R. Shaw, C. van den Berg

The Logic of Chinese Politics - Cores, Peripheries and Peaceful Rising (Paperback): Sabrina C.Y. Luk, Peter W. Preston The Logic of Chinese Politics - Cores, Peripheries and Peaceful Rising (Paperback)
Sabrina C.Y. Luk, Peter W. Preston
R1,035 Discovery Miles 10 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

China's growth as a major international superpower means that it is now more important than ever to understand how its politics work. Rejecting familiar discussions of China cast in terms of traditional culture, contemporary economic power or shifting official ideologies, this forward thinking work instead analyses the historically contingent mix of agents, ideas and institutions that make up the country's political life. This approach allows Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk and Peter W. Preston to pragmatically unpack the logic of contemporary politics in China. They trace the construction of the party-state system, note some of its major re-orientations and consider its present condition. The book also covers a range of hot policy topics including: internet sovereignty; the One Belt, One Road initiative; the South China Sea issue and the problems of the elderly empty nesters and left-behind children. Offering a detailed yet concise treatment of key social policy areas and other complex issues, this book will serve a broad audience of students, researchers and professionals, irrespective of discipline, along with all those with an interest in China or Chinese politics.

Policy Analysis in the United States (Paperback): Michael O'Hare, Steven Smith, Erik Godwin, Michael Holland, Philip... Policy Analysis in the United States (Paperback)
Michael O'Hare, Steven Smith, Erik Godwin, Michael Holland, Philip Joyce, …
R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Policy Analysis in the United States brings together contributions from some of the world's leading scholars and practitioners of public policy analysis including Beryl Radin, David Weimer, Rebecca Maynard, Laurence Lynn, and Guy Peters. This volume represents an indispensable companion to other volumes in the International Library of Policy Analysis series, enabling scholars to compare cross-nationally concepts and practices of public policy analysis in the media, sub-national governments, and many more institutional settings. The volume represents an invaluable contribution to public policy analysis and can be used widely in teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels in schools of public affairs and public policy as well as in comparative politics and policy.

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